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Oil terminals are key facilities for the import, export, storage, blending, transfer and distribution of oil and petroleum products. Many terminals are located at coastal sites, such as
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and the lower Thames, to allow the offloading and loading of coastal shipping. Inland terminals, located around major cities, such as Birmingham and Manchester, facilitate the distribution of products to local industrial and commercial users. Many terminals have road tanker loading equipment for local distribution of products such as
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, and heating oil. The terminals are connected through a network of underground pipelines to enable the transfer of oil and refined products across Britain.


List of oil terminals in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of oil and petroleum product terminals in the UK Acronyms used in the list include: * BPA  British Pipelines Agency * CLH  Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos * GPSS  Government Pipelines and Storage System * LCC  Lissan Coal Company * OPA 
Oil and Pipelines Agency The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) is a statutory corporation of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the United Kingdom. Its current role is to operate six coastal Oil Fuel Depots on behalf of the MoD. The OPA was also previously responsible for th ...
* PSD  Petroleum Storage Depot


See also

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Oil Terminal An oil terminal (also called a tank farm, tankfarm, oil installation or oil depot) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and from which these Petroleum product, products are transported to end u ...
* UK oil pipeline network *
Oil terminals in Ireland Oil terminals are a key component of the energy supply industry in Ireland which is extensively based on the import, production and distribution of refined petroleum products. Some crude oil is imported for processing at Ireland's only oil refinery ...
* CLH Pipeline System *
Oil and Pipelines Agency The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) is a statutory corporation of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the United Kingdom. Its current role is to operate six coastal Oil Fuel Depots on behalf of the MoD. The OPA was also previously responsible for th ...
* For details of UK gas terminals see individual articles: Bacton,
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, Theddlethorpe (closed). * For details of UK Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals see individual articles: Grain LNG, South Hook LNG terminal.


References

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